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Once-Monthly Oral Ibandronate Filed for Approval in Japan: Chugai, Taisho
Chugai Pharmaceutical and Taisho Pharmaceutical announced on February 10 that Chugai filed on the same day a new drug application with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for a once-monthly oral formulation (RG484/CT-064) of the osteoporosis treatment ibandronate. Ibandronate…
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